Colorado Baker Appeals Court Order

A Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple is appealing a "re-edication" order from the Colorado Civil Rights Commission.

The order requires cake artist Jack Phillips to create wedding cakes for gay couples and to re-educate his staff that the state's Anti-Discrimination Act means artists must endorse all views.

The order stems from a 2012 incident in which Phillips refused a requestfrom a gay couple to make a cake in honor of their commitment ceremony. Phillips said he told the couple that his faith would not allow him to bake them a wedding cake but that he would create any other baked good that they wished.

"Americans should not be forced by the government - or by another citizen - to endorse or promote ideas with which they disagree," Phillips' representative, ADF allied attorneyNicolle Martin, said.